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Patented May 26, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1913.

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FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IILED JUNE 24, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914.

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APIJLIOATION FILED JUNE 24, 1913.

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FLYING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 24, 1913.

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car, and means to elevate and propel the same, the elevating meansconsisting of up-' ADALBERT DOMARADZKI, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FLYING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented llIay 26, 1914.

Applicationfiled June 24,1913". Serial No. 775,522.

tain new and useful Improvements in- Fly-.

ing-Machines, of which the following is 'a specification.

This invention relates to flying machines ofthe heavier than air typeand embodies a per and lower sets of wings, and horizontal propellers,that is, propellers rotating on a vertical axis. These. propellers drivecurrents of air downwardly, and by means of chutes or guides thesecurrents of air are di rected under the wings. The propelling meanscomprise screw propellers of ordinary type arranged vertically, that isrotat- Suitable steering devices are also provided. The wings are of.

mg on horizontal axes.

special construction, and when not in use for elevating the machine, maybeheld in fixed position to act as planes.

The invention is illustrated in the ac-.

companying drawings in which Figure 1 is an end viewof the machine.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the body of the car.

- operating devices for the lower wings. Fig.

6 is a detail of one of the air chutes. Fig. 7

is a detail transverse elevation, partly in section, of the operatingdevices for the wings. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the operatingconnections for the wings. Figs. 9 and 10 are details.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the car body, whichmay be made of any suitable size and shape and serves to carry theoperators and the motors, and such other devices as may be appropriate.This bod that it will run on the land. Mounted upon the framework of thebody are upper and lower frames 28 connected by supports 28*, and thewings work in these frames. The

upper wings are indicated at A, the lower is provided with wheels 70 so1 sections with a longitudinal hinged joint at 27 so that they will flexwhen lifted as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

80 is an engine which drives a belt 7 and 'a pulley 8, the shaft 8 ofwhich is carried in suitable hearings in the ear, and said shaft alsocarries a cam wheel 9 which works in a cross head frame 10 which slidesup and down in guides l0 at opposite ends thereof. Connected to theframe 11 by pivots 11 are links 11, and the upper ends of these linksare fastened to levers l1 by pivots 11. The outer ends of the levers 11are pivoted at 11 to links 12*, the lower ends of which are pivoted at12 to levers 12 and his at the upper ends of the links 12' slide inslots 12 in fixed bars 13 onthe frame. The levers l2 are pivoted at 12to the frame atone end, and at the other end are pivoted at 13 to links13 the upper ends of which are pivoted to levers 13 which are pivoted atone end, at 13, to the frame, and connected at the other end to avertically movable bar 13iwhich is the main operating bar for thewin'gs.The inner ends of the leversll are provided with pins sliding in slots12 in the frame portions 12. When the cross head 11 moves up and downthe links 11 swing the levers 11 12, 12 and 13 thereby reciprocating thestandard 13. The slots 12 and 12 permit a certain amount of .lost motionand are designed toprevent jar.

By means of these slots the links and levers travel until the pins inthe slots reach the ends thereof, givlng a periodical motion to thewings. The bar 13 has a pin, 14 and slot 14 connection to levers 15which are pivoted at 16 to the car body, at one end, and at the otherend are connected by links 17 to bars 18 which slide up and down inguides at the ends of the carbody. Connected to the bars 18, by the pinand slot connections at 190, are cross levers 19f pivoted at one end at191 to the frame of the car body and at the other end to links 24pivotally connected to sectional levers 24 which are fulcrumed at240 tothe uprights 5241 con stituting part of the frame and which areconnected .at their outer ends to the upper wings A by means of pivotedlinks 25. These wings are hinged in the frame 28 at 26, and a closedplane or part 280 extends between the wings at the top. One section ofeach lever 24-. works between branches 250 and 251 of an arcuate guideattached to the other section.

The lower wings B are pivoted at 23 to the frame of the machine and arecomparatively short. To operate these, cross levers 20 are connected attheir inner ends to the vertically sliding bar-13, by links 200, and arefulcrnmed at their outer ends on brackets 20 mounted on the uprights 242of the car. The levers 20 are pivotally connected to bars 21 which areconnected to blocks 22 sliding in guides 220 (Fig. 5) and these blocksare connected to a chain or arrangement of rigid links 218, flexiblyconnected or pivoted to each other which work on a quadrant 209connected to each wing B, whereby the reciprocation of the blocks 22flaps the wings B up and down.

When the upper wings are not in use they are held in lixed position bymeans of hooks 29 engaging pins on said wings, these hooks beingoperated by thecords 30, ex-' tending into the car, and these cords arealso connected to a curtain or sliding cover 31 which may be drawn tocoverthe joint between the end of'each wing and the outer part of theframe 28- to make the device as,

nearly air tight as possible so that it can then be used as a plane ingliding or direct traveling. The lower plane 28-is rovided with a'curtain 31 which may be rawn by a cord 30 to close the space between theouter partof the lower frame 28 and the end of each lower wing B, toform a plane, or

when the wings are operating, the curtains 31 may be drawn up or folded,as shown in Fig. l, to allow the tipping of theupper wing A to swingdown'into the s ace beyond the outer end of the lower wing I), as shownin dotted lines in Fig. 1. The cords 30 also operate panels 32, by meansof links 33, to open or close said panels by lateral movement. Thepanels are opened when the upper wing is operating, and are closed whenthe wings are fixed, in order to form a lower plane, 1n connection withthe lower frame 28 and the wing B, the panels fitting between the frontand rear ends of the wing and the ad acent parts of the frame 28.

The lifting propellers are indicated at 39.

There is a pair of these at each end of the car. They are driven bymeans of an engine (10 which drives a belt 61 which in turn.

drives a longitudinal shaft 10, geared to upright shafts 400 which byappropriate belt and sprocket gearingindicated at 401 and 402 drivessaid propellers 35). These propellers are located at the upper ends ofchutes 34. which curve downwardly and inwardly to direct the air underthe wings B, thpreby increasing the resistance to said wlngs andassisting the lifting power. The chutes 34 comprise a framework of ribs36,

a fabric cover 35, the upper ends of the ribs having balls 37 whichslide in frames 38 whereby, when. desired, the chutes may be folded orcollapsed by ushing the ribs around to one end of the rame 38.

The vertical ropcllers are indicated at 4.1, and they are riven by belts500 from the shaft 40. Four of these propellers are used, two at eachend, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. These serve the purpose ofdriving the car forwardly.

The lifting power is supplied by the flapping wings A and B and thelifting propellers 39, and the driving power b the propellers 41. 'Whenthe car is at sui cient might the wings A and B may be held fast to actas planes, in connection with the covered frames 28.-

42 are rudders which are operated by means of a lever 43 pivoted at 43in the car and turned by a shaft 44 operated by any suitable steeringdevice such as a steering wheel 600.

45 is a. rear plane or rudder which may be swung up or down by means ofa lever 46 and a wire 45 connected to a lever 800 which is connected toa bar projecting from the rudder.

The details of the connections are largely diagrammatic in theillustration and may be varied or provided by mechanical skill.

I claim:

1. Ina flying machine, the combination of a car, upper and lower framesmounted thereon, and forming planes, upper and lower sets of wingsworking in openings in said frames, means to hold the wings in fixedposition when desired,in said openings, to form planes in connectionwith said frames, and means to propel the machine.

2. In a flying machine, in combination, a car, upper and lower framesmounted thereon and provided with plane sections, upper and lower setsof wings mounted in openings in said frames to form planes in connectiontherewith, means to close the openings between the edges of the wingsand the frames, and means to propel the car.

3. In a flying machine, the combination of a car, collapsible chutes atopposite ends thereof, flapping gwings at opposite sides of the car andlifting propellers at the upper ends of the chutes, said chutes beingshaped to direct currents of air downwardly from said propellers to thespace-under the wings.

4.. In a flying machine, the combination of a car, planes at oppositesides thereof, flapping wings working in openings in said planes, andscrew propellers at opposite ends of the car, and chutes arranged todirect currents of air from said propellers to the space under theplanes.

5. In a flying machine, the combination of a car, an upper plane thereonprovided with openings, flapping wings working in said openings atogposite sides of the car, In testimony whereof, 'I do aifix my siglowerplanes provi ed with openings, lower nature in presence of twowitnesses.

wlngs working in the openings in the lower planes and curtains operableto close the ADALBERT DOMARADSKI' 5 openings in the lower glanes whenthe wings W'itnesses:

are inactlve, and a riving propeller for HARRY L. RICHIEY, drivingtheear. ALTON H. Bmns.

